Story Nerd
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The Northman: putting the history in historical fiction
Oct 7, 202635 min
Bait and Switch?
Oct 2, 202644 min
Agent Spotlight: Kathryn Willms (The Rights Factory)
Oct 1, 202650 min
Remarkably Bright Creatures: self-sabotage
Sep 30, 202632 min
Conflicting Opinions...Who's Right?
Sep 25, 202646 min
Agent Spotlight: Krista White (The Rights Factory)
Sep 24, 202645 min
Spy Game: protagonist done right
Sep 23, 202625 min
The AI-Proof Genre Is...
Sep 18, 202656 min
Say Anything: a masterclass in non-physical conflict
Sep 16, 202643 min
Writing a Powerful Memoir
Sep 11, 202645 min
Miss Peregrine: caution plot holes ahead
Sep 9, 202643 min
Your Opening Pages MUST do this
Sep 4, 20261h 4m
Close Encounters: fixing saggy middles
Sep 2, 202636 min
The Trick to Holding a Reader's Attention is...
Aug 28, 202644 min
Sex and the City (archive)
Aug 26, 202641 min
Prologues...Yes or No?
Aug 21, 202648 min
Bridget Jones's Diary (archive)
Aug 19, 202633 min
The AI Witch-Hunt (Part 2)
Aug 17, 202650 min
The AI Witch-Hunt (Part 1)
Aug 15, 202637 min
Using Flashbacks and Flashforwards
Aug 14, 202650 min
The Good Liar (archive)
Aug 12, 202644 min
Querying Too Soon?
Aug 7, 202642 min
The Courier (archive)
Aug 5, 202658 min
Worldbuilding in the Opening Pages
Jul 31, 202639 min
Vertigo: does it live up to the hype?
Jul 29, 202636 min
Knowing When to Query (this is a BIG deal)
Jul 24, 202641 min
What Went Wrong: jason bourne
Jul 22, 202635 min
How do agents see genre?
Jul 17, 202641 min
Best Advice: protagonist types and premises
Jul 15, 202621 min
Spielberg listens to Story Nerd
Jul 10, 202631 min
Serenity: object of desire MIA
Jul 8, 202632 min
What Agents Wish Authors Knew BEFORE They Query
Jul 5, 20268 min
Choosing Comp Titles (it’s an art!)
Jul 3, 202642 min
Birds of Prey: writing unlikeable characters
Jul 1, 202629 min
Ronin: what is an antihero?
Jun 24, 202628 min
Identifying Genre is Trickier than You Think!
Jun 19, 202637 min
Hidden Figures: your reader's expectations?
Jun 17, 202625 min
Notting Hill: why we love it
Jun 10, 202623 min
Is this a mystery?
Jun 5, 202643 min
Mrs.Harris Goes to Paris: toothless antagonists
Jun 3, 202641 min
Sicario: not what we expected
May 27, 202638 min
Killer Opening Lines
May 22, 202648 min
Murder She Said: sex or murder?
May 20, 202632 min
What Went Right: anora
May 13, 202628 min
The best time to send a query
May 8, 202629 min
What Went Wrong: 80 for Brady
May 6, 202648 min
Best Advice: heroes and villains
Apr 29, 202619 min
AI in Writing and Publishing
Apr 24, 202626 min
We have news! And it benefits you.
Apr 23, 20261 min
Thunderbolts: 2 surprising twists
Apr 22, 202644 min